Husband: John Marion Gaston
Born: Mar-15-1895 in Lewis Co, WV 1
Died: Jul-26-1955 in Upshur Co, WV 1,2
Buried: in Bailey Cemetery, Braxton Co, WV 1
Resided: near Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 1
Census: 1930 in Union District, Upshur Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Court House District, Lewis Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 1
Military: Pvt, 3rd Billeting & Sup Det, World War I 3,1
Father: Marion Gaston (1852 - 1948)
Mother: Angeline M. Keller (1856 - 1926)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Carrie Pearl Posey
Also known as: Carry Pearl Posey 4
Married: Oct-17-1919 in Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV 5
Born: Apr- 4-1902 6,4 (see note 1)
Died: Oct- 6-1929 in Upshur Co, WV 7
Buried: Blake Cemetery
Father: Isaac Posey (1844 - )
Mother: Emma Jane Riffle (1865 - )
Notes
F Child 1: Velma Lena Gaston Born: Dec- 1-1918 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 8,9,10 Died: Jan-21-1991 8,9 Buried: in Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, Prince Georges Co, MD 11 Census: 1930 in Union District, Upshur Co, WV Census: 1920 in Court House District, Lewis Co, WV Husband: Arthur Robert Bennett b. May-28-1916 d. Oct- 5-1984 Married: Oct-18-1941 in Washington, DC 12
M Child 2: John Franklin Gaston Census name: J. Frank Gaston 13 Born: ca 1921 in Lewis Co, WV 14 (see note 2) Died: Jan-31-1965 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 15 Buried: in Big Bend Church Cemetery, Sago, Upshur Co, WV 2,11 Resided: 1945 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 14 Census: 1930 in Union District, Upshur Co, WV Occupation: coal miner 2 Wife: Lois Lucindia Gould b. Jul-15-1917 Married: Aug- 6-1945 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 14
M Child 3: Cledith Gaston Born: ca 1924 13 Census: 1930 in Union District, Upshur Co, WV
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Upshur County Death Records, Buckhannon, WV. (3) Military Grave Marker. (4) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (5) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as John Marion Gaston, single, farmer, 24, b. & res. in Lewis Co, son of Marion Gaston & Ellen Riffle; and Carry Pearl Posey, single, 18, b. & res. in Lewis Co, dau of Isaac Posey & Emma Jane Posey. Married Oct 17 1919 in Orlando WVa. Informants for the marriage license: John M. Gaston & B. H. Riffle, guardian of Carry Posey, giving his written consent. MR p. 290 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10289889&Type=Marriage. (6) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (7) Upshur County Death Records, Buckhannon, WV, Identified as Carrie Pearl Gaston, white female, married, born in Braxton Co, dau of Isaac Posey & Emma Jane Brake (sic); died Oct 6 1929, age 27y 6m 2d, cause of death chronic nephritis, burial at Blake Cemetery. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5954882&Type=Death. (8) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Headstone. (10) 1920 Census, Lewis County, WV. (11) Findagrave.com. (12) District of Columbia Marriage Records, 1810-1953 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) 1930 Census, Upshur County, WV. (14) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV. (15) Upshur County Death Records, Buckhannon, WV, Identified as John Franklin Gaston, white male, coal miner, married, 44, born Aug 6 1920, son of John M. Gaston & Carrie Posey; died Jan 31 1965 at St. Joseph Hospital in Buckhannon, cause of death acute myocardial infarction, burial at Big Bend Cemetery. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5957410&Type=Death. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given as Lewis County in marriage record, but as Braxton County in death record. Note (2) Birth date given in death record as Aug 6 1920, with age 44 at time of Jan 1965 death. But age 8 in 1930 Census would put birth in about 1922, while age 24 at time of Aug 1945 marriage puts it in about 1921.